Akashic Books: 356 books

A mother’s “powerful and enlightening” memoir of losing a newborn to a rare genetic disorder, and the journey from grief to healing (Pamela Colloff, Texas Monthly). Lucinda Weatherby’s son Theo was born with trisomy 13, a rare chromosomal disorder with fatal birth defects. Rather than...

The author of the Lambda Literary Award winner Kamikaze Lust delivers “a thrilling tale of espionage, family ties, sex, love, and betrayal” (The Advocate).   Jennifer Baron is a failed Olympic speed skater now running her family’s foundation and trying to stay sober, when her billionaire father...

--Les Claypool to promote the book actively, including when he tours (9 months a year) with his various music groups. --Expect major media coverage for this book: print, radio, television. Features, reviews. --Publicize to major dailies, weeklies, literary publications, mystery & alternative publications.

From the author of 52 Men: “[An] intense and insightful new novel . . . portrays a complicated character and her multifaceted mind with deep empathy” (PopMatters).   From a Connecticut sanitarium, twenty-four-year-old Betsy Scott tells her doctor a story about the destructive secrets in an...

“A Jewish man flees 1938 Germany only to find a new and unexpected nightmare” in Guatemala, in this tale of dark humor and desperate suspense (Publishers Weekly). In 1938, as Samuel Berkow’s tramp steamer from Germany approaches Puerto Barrios, Guatemala, he is full of hope that he will...

World War II haunts the lives and loves of three people, on three continents, in this novel by an author who “writes with wisdom and courage” (Ursula Hegi, author of Stones from the River).   Oscar is a mysterious Englishman who presides over Ellis Park, a sprawling mansion on Long Island’s...

This title will be listed in the CBSD Summer 2018 catalog as Already Available, with the actual publication date coming on January 2, 2018, and will be sold on a POD/NON-RETURNABLE BASIS. Akashic will promote the book to the trades, to media and bookstores in the author's region, and to media...

Amsterdam is ranked as Europe’s eighth most popular tourist destination. Includes brand-new stories by: Michael Berg, Anneloes Timmerije, Murat Isik, René Appel, Josh Pachter, Simon De Waal, Hanna Bervoets, Karin Amatmoekrim, Christine Otten, Mensje van Keulen, Max van Olden, Theo Capel,...

The Clash was one of the most popular and culturally significant rock bands of the 20th century, earning the label "The Only Band That Matters." While the band definitively dissolved by early 1986, most Clash histories effectively end with the ejection of Mick Jones from the band in August...

Short-listed for the Lambda Literary Award from the author of Cereus Blooms at Night. “A fascinating premise that gives voice to the queer-identified” (The Globe and Mail, Toronto). Jonathan Lewis-Adey was nine when his parents separated, and his mother, Sid, vanished entirely from his...

Yassin Adnan is a well-respected, award-winning Arabic poet, fiction writer, and journalist Adnan's debut novel, Hot Maroc, was long-listed for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction (also known as the Arabic Booker). Adnan has hosted a weekly TV show for over ten years on Moroccan television.

Jessica Luther is one of the foremost experts on sexual assault and football. This book is based on exhaustive research on all documented cases of sexual assault allegations against college football players. Luther is a fellow in the Texas Program in Sports and Media at the University of Texas...

Cyd Zeigler is one of the world's foremost experts on LGBT issues in sports. He is often seen on major sports shows (both network and cable) commenting on LGBT issues--his platform is very visible. In addition, Zeigler's Outsports.com website is very popular and will play a key role in the book's...

Akashic will be promote the book to the trades and to Caribbean media. The title will be catalogued as already available with an October 2016 pub date. Featuring speculative short fiction by Tammi-Browne Bannister, Summer Edward, Portia Subran, Brandon O’Brien, Kevin Jared Hosein,...